Govt seeks PPP, MQM nominees for electoral reforms panel

The government has formally approached its key allies, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), to join the proposed Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms (PCER) for electoral reforms. The government contacted the chief whips of the PPP and MQM, Ijaz Jakhrani and Aminul Haq, respectively, seeking nominations for their representatives on the committee.

The PPP has submitted the names of its legislators, but they have not yet been made public. The government will announce the names of all committee members at a later stage. The PML-N, the ruling party, will have nine members, while the PPP will have five and the MQM one. The committee's representation formula allocates one member for every 16 members of the National Assembly.

The government has also clarified that the initiative to form the committee was taken by Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, not the PPP, and that opposition parties are now required to submit the names of their representatives directly to the National Assembly speaker.

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